February 26
Africa: AMSAT Leveraging Golf Tournaments to Promote Inclusion and Support Individuals with Down Syndrome
The 48th edition of the Hassan II Trophy and the 27th edition of the Lalla Meryem Cup have become more than just a prestigious golfing event. For the Association for Down Syndrome,… Read more »
December 19, 2023
Africa: Historical Uses of Gold as Medicine and Its Modern Trade Value
For centuries, gold has been revered not only for its beauty and symbolic significance but also for its medicinal properties. From ancient civilizations to modern alternative… Read more »
December 11, 2023
Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction Not a One-Size Fits all Approach
As the world moves to embrace Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) interventions through adopting novel nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes, nicotine patches and others, there… Read more »
November 24, 2023
Africa: Banning Flavoured E-cigarettes Won't Reduce Smoking Rates-Experts
The public health community is working on numerous interventions to restrict and ban the uptake and use of novel nicotine products. Among their strategies include imposing stiffer… Read more »
November 23, 2023
Africa: Vaping and Smoking Interchangeably Puts Young People's Health at Risk
As conversations around Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) ensue, there seems to be little or no consensus between public health and THR advocates on the adoption of nicotine… Read more »
November 10, 2023
Africa: PIEX Group Completes Acquisition of the Apexfarma Group and its Subsidiary Cross Pharm
PIEX Group, a leading distributor of healthcare and wellness products in Africa, announces that it has signed the acquisition of Apexfarma group, a company that specializes in the… Read more »
Africa: Countries Reap Benefits from Implementing Tobacco Harm Reduction Programs
With the world losing over 8 million people to tobacco-related deaths, there is a need for safer alternatives that deliver nicotine without exposing consumers to harm. However,… Read more »
Africa: Governments Warm Up to PMI's Heated Tobacco Products
Phillip Morris International's (PMI) flagship heated tobacco product, IQOS could be a game changer in the public health sector, amidst growing scientific evidence showing that the… Read more »
November 08, 2023
Africa: PMI Confident in Attaining Smoke-Free Status By 2030
Seven years from now, one of the world’s leading innovative Tobacco Companies, Phillip Morris International (PMI), could realize its target of eliminating combustible… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Africa: Harm Reduction Should Guide Regulations In Public Healthcare
… Kenya hosts the third harm reduction exchange as the focus centres on tobacco harm reduction initiatives Read more »
Africa: Nicotine Innovation Versus Regulation - Players Urged to Prioritise Child Protection
Innovation is the mainstay of every successful economy. Owing to the massive opportunities’ innovation presents on the economic front, it is no surprise that governments are… Read more »
Africa: Nicotine Ignorance Killing More People Than Smoking Itself
At the recent Global Nicotine Tobacco Forum (GTNF) in Seoul, South Korea, BAT's global head of business communications, Jonathan Atwood warned that a lack of knowledge and… Read more »
November 02, 2023
Africa: COP10 Presents Platform for Tobacco Industry and Public Health to Find Common Ground on Tobacco Harm Reduction
The upcoming Conference of Parties (COP10), to be held in Panama from November 20 to 25, 2023, is an opportunity for the Tobacco industry to learn from each other on how best to… Read more »
October 18, 2023
Africa: Protecting the Unborn Child through Tobacco Harm Reduction
Mercy Chingwe (35) is a Zimbabwean woman from Harare, the capital city. She is pregnant and is expecting her first child. She is however struggling with a smoking addiction and… Read more »
October 26, 2023
Africa: Should the Media Take a Neutral Stance In the Tobacco Harm Reduction Discourse?
The late South African Philanthropist and clergyman, Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the… Read more »
Africa: Quit Or Die - The Moral Dilemma Facing Tobacco Harm Reduction Interventions
Forty-seven years on since Professor Michael Russell’s famous quotation, people are still dying from tar despite smoking for nicotine, the World Health Organisation (WHO)… Read more »
October 20, 2023
Africa: Harm Reduction should guide regulations in public healthcare
… Kenya hosts the third harm reduction exchange as the focus centres on tobacco harm reduction initiatives Read more »
October 06, 2023
Africa: Heated Tobacco, E-Cigarettes and the Liver: What does the Science say?
A debate has been raging around the health implications of novel nicotine products, with public health proponents maintaining that vaping or intake of any of the new nicotine… Read more »
September 19, 2023
Africa: FCTC No Longer Relevant in Tobacco Harm Reduction Efforts - Experts
Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have warned that the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), in its current form, is not capable of… Read more »
Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction: The Missing Link
A stitch in time could save nine amid rising morbidity and mortality being driven by smoking cigarettes. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) data showing that tobacco kills at… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Uganda: Emka Foundation Lighting up the Life of Ugandan Children's with Healthcare Campaign
Synopsis: Emmanuel Katto’s Emka Foundation brings change in Uganda via healthcare campaign for underprivileged children and provide medical facility. Read more »
July 19, 2023
Nigeria: GIPLC Disburses Funds Raised at Igho Sanomi Charity Event for Sick Children
The Global Initiative for Peace, Love, and Care (GIPLC), a charity founded by Nigerian humanitarian Nuhu Kwajafa, has distributed ₦100 million ($160,000) to subsidize healthcare… Read more »
June 29, 2023
Africa: Tobacco Companies, Researchers and Consumers Should Have a Stake In The Tobacco Harm Reduction Discourse
Over the years, the conversation around reducing harm related to smoking cigarettes has been led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as well as public health experts from… Read more »
May 18, 2023
Africa: Leveraging On Smoke-Free Tobacco Alternatives For Better Public Health Outcomes
The debate around whether smokers should adopt Smoke-Free alternatives has been raging for years. A number of options to reduce harm linked to smoking tobacco have been suggested,… Read more »
May 16, 2023
Africa: Locking-Up Combustible Cigarettes In The Museum - Is a Smoke-Free Future On The Horizon?
In 2021, during their virtual Investor Day commemorations, Philip Morris International (PMI) announced an ambitious target to accelerate their vision toward a smoke-free future by… Read more »